Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Pair: Gunner W. Osborne, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (149933 Gnr., R.A.)

Three: Captain W. G. Osborne, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, who died on 5 February 1946

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, extremely fine (5) £50-70

Medals to father and son:

Medals to ‘W. Osborne’ in damaged named card box of issue and with registered envelope addressed to ‘Mr W. Osborne, 54 Corn Exchange Buildings, Manchester’. Captain William Godfrey Osborne, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, died on 5 February 1946, aged 22 years. He was buried in Hanover. He was the son of William and Mary Mabel Osborne, of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire.

Medals to ‘W. G. Osborne’ with card forwarding box, addressed to ‘Mr W. Osborne, Higher Hollins, Chapel-en-le-Frith, via Stockport’; condolence slip, Buckingham Palace condolence slip with envelope and War Office letter re. the place of grave.